The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2169
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 PM
11:16 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3052
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.2° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -22.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.54° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.60° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.