The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 2077
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 96.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -26.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.12° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.09° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.34° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.