The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 25, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
1:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2285
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.5° / 76.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 24m / -16.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.24° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.34° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.51° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.