The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 1979
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
10:01 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -12.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.67° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.23° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.