The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2073
Waning Crescent
28.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
4:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.4%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.8° / 251.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 18.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.95° / -1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.90° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.