The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2103
Waning Crescent
18.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 AM
5:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.6%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2235
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 232.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 14.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.05° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.74° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.