The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 2014
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
8:07 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1135
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 | 15.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 136.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.35° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.77° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.