The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 1962
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
6:13 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 491
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.0° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 13.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.75° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.20° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.