The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2122
Waning Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
4:45 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2470
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.39° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.16° / 4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.34° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.