The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
2:43 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 126.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 54.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -13.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.27° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.57° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.97° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.