The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1944
First Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 93.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.42° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / -1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.54° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.