The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 25, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:28 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3027
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.16° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 2.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.25° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.