The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:39 PM
2:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 127.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -22.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.13° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.72° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.