The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:31 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2557
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.1° / 351.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 09m / -8.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.08° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.53° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.