The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1933
Waxing Crescent
39.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 PM
10:07 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 116.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -27.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.71° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.47° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.