The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 19, 2025
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 AM
6:42 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.8° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 12.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.93° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.35° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.