The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2009
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 PM
11:48 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 84.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.7° / 102.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -26.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.84° / -2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.97° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.