The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Waning Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
5:12 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.1° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 41m / 25.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.55° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.69° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.