The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 25, 2047
Waxing Crescent
42.0% 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
2:22 PM
11:41 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 103.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.14° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.17° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.58° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.