The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2044
Waxing Crescent
27.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 PM
10:00 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 16m / -26.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.85° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.25° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.