The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1942
Waning Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
8:16 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 315.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 2.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.04° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.84° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.