The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2168
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
4:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3039
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 297.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 21.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.12° / 1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.53° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.