The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% 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
5:53 PM
4:15 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1147
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 | 145.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.0° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -9.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.70° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.11° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.