The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2098
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:14 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2174
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 134.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -11.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.51° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.19° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.