The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 25, 2179
Waning Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
3:52 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3175
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 258.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 27m / 18.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.73° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.14° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.55° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.