The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 16, 1925
Waning Crescent
2.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
7:16 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.3%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 342.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.10° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.70° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.70° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 119.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.