The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 1918
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
1:26 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.59° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.61° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.