The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2016
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
4:27 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1159
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 | 298.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.1° / 246.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 16.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.21° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 4.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.50° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.