The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 2142
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
11:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2718
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.43° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / -1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.97° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.