The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
1:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -28.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.37° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.92° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.