The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
3:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 143.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.94° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.36° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.