The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 1980
Waning Gibbous
97.8% 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
8:34 PM
8:31 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 196.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 312.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.30° / -4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.43° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| 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.