The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 1927
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
6:45 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.0° / 170.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 4.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.25° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.25° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 178.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.