The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
3:35 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 207
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 02m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.00° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.13° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.62° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.