The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2081
Waning Crescent
43.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.6%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1963
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.0° / 275.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.80° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.41° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.26° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.