The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 15, 1925
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
6:44 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.6° / 189.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.01° / 1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.47° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.