The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 14, 2025
Last Quarter
47.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 280.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 38m / 28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.06° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.27° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.