The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2174
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 AM
7:28 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3114
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.9° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.77° / -2.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.40° / -0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.