The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:27 PM
2:47 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3126
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.0° / 52.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.89° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.68° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.