The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2074
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
11:38 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1877
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 | 75.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.75° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.21° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.