The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:48 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 34
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -20.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.42° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.15° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.