The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 2106
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
6:14 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 337.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.2° / 182.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 3.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.61° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.91° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.66° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.