The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
3:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 31.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -17.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.83° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.55° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.