The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2071
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 AM
8:46 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.3° / 128.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -8.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.01° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.55° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.