The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 1924
Waning Crescent
11.4% 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
3:49 AM
5:52 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 4.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.0° / 212.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.97° / 0.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.81° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.