The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 1983
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
10:31 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 12.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.98° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.08° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.24° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.