The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1981
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:35 AM
6:31 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 330.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 12.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.99° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.02° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.