The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 1987
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 AM
8:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 801
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury 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 | 29.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.8° / 130.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.90° / -2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.90° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| 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.