The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
2:34 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 56.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -13.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.15° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.29° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.16° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.