The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 1926
Waning Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 PM
11:39 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 46
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 293.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 15.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.35° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.01° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.