The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2123
Waxing Crescent
39.5% 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
1:56 PM
11:35 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.5%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2483
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 20m / -22.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.83° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.57° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.