The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2104
Waxing Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
11:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2248
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 | 80.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 101.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.89° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.16° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.