The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 1948
Waning Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
2:44 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 318
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 41m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.66° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.63° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.85° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.