The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2072
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:46 PM
5:40 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1852
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 352.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -6.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.99° / -0.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.74° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| 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.