The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:28 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.48° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.51° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.