The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
12:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1209
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 82.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -23.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.42° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.56° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.