The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 273.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 27.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.72° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.84° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.