The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2119
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2433
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.1° / 281.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.41° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.47° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.