The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 22, 2025
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 AM
7:43 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.6° / 142.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -5.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.36° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.96° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.