The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 1951
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
4:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 355
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 | 297.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 255.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 23.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.94° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.73° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.