The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2059
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
1:16 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1691
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 | 247.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 290.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.84° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.39° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.