The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2133
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
6:45 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2606
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.3° / 185.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.54° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.92° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.03° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| 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.