The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 2008
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 AM
5:32 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 314.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.6° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 20m / 15.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.63° / 0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.27° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.17° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.