The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 20, 2025
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
7:03 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.9° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 6.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.60° / 0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.35° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.58° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.