The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2044
Waxing Crescent
18.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:01 PM
9:20 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury 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 | 51.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 121.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.48° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.46° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.