The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% 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
6:53 PM
5:59 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1617
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 | 165.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 347.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -4.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.28° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.35° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.