The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2025
Waxing Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
9:27 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 120.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -24.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.23° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.07° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.