The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2040
Waning Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
1:45 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 04m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.23° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.33° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.77° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.