The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 25, 2104
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
10:52 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2248
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -22.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.71° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.37° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.