The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 2017
Waxing Crescent
27.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
10:53 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.7%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1172
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 | 63.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -16.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.01° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.61° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.