The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1959
Waning Crescent
44.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 AM
2:58 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 276.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 266.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 34m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.12° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.07° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.