The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2128
Waxing Crescent
5.4% 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
9:28 AM
8:54 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2545
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.39° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.12° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.