The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2070
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:06 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 263.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 275.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 49m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.29° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.60° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.81° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.