The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 2041
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:05 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1469
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 14.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.28° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.57° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.42° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.