The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2011
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
6:04 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1097
Events on this date
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.6° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 27m / 4.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.87° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.06° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.