The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 2074
Waxing Crescent
27.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 PM
10:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.7° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.41° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.91° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.42° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.