The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2139
Waxing Crescent
5.5% 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
9:44 AM
8:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2681
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 134.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.78° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.09° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.