The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 28, 2025
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
10:54 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1271
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -28.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.01° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.23° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.66° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.