The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2055
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
11:42 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 76.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 100.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -19.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.04° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.49° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.01° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.