The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 25, 2198
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 AM
4:09 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3410
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 294.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.2° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 54m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.41° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.35° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.