The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2185
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
9:16 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3250
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 33.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -9.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.93° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.89° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.