The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2065
Waning Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 AM
5:22 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 26.0 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1765
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 221.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 24m / 13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.37° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.62° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.56° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.