The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 1971
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
10:20 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 603
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 | 66.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 113.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -26.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.26° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.57° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.