The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 9, 1925
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 274.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.60° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.17° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.