The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:33 PM
5:32 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 160.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 356.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 54m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.08° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.82° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.74° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.