The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 1957
Waxing Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
8:31 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 430
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.7° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.37° / -1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.97° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.