The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1925
First Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -20.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.31° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.34° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.