The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2039
First Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1444
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 93.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -25.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.52° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.96° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.