The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 2010
Waning Gibbous
95.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
9:36 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1085
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 | 205.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 315.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 36m / 15.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.82° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.44° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.