The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2078
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 PM
1:21 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 247.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 291.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 39m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.67° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.19° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.