The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2105
Waning Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
9:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2260
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 | 202.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 12.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.67° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.05° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.