The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 1976
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
9:31 AM
8:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.41° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.17° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.8° |
| 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.