The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2161
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2953
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.37° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.42° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.17° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.