The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2062
Waning Crescent
42.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1728
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 278.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 274.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 57m / 27.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.56° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.47° / -5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.46° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.