The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1911
Waxing Crescent
10.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:29 AM
7:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.3%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -139
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 136.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.80° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.41° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.