The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2022
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 AM
7:59 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1234
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 139.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -2.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.68° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.24° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.