The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
7:40 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 186.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 319.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / -0.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.91° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.87° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.