The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 25, 2056
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
8:56 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1654
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.3° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.21° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.42° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.