The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2060
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
8:18 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1704
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -9.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.25° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.61° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.