The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2079
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
8:08 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1939
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 | 18.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.7° / 135.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.79° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.75° / 0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.01° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.