The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2147
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:45 AM
8:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 131.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.58° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.55° / -4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.53° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.