The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 2109
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
8:55 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2310
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.3° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.37° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.61° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.95° / 0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.