The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 1961
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:31 PM
8:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 196.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 312.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.71° / -4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.64° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.