The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 4, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
88.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
3:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -23.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.99° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.56° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.54° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.