The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2048
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
11:59 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 21.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.68° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.16° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.