The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2181
Waning Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
11:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3200
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 299.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 15.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.15° / -1.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.21° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.