The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 5, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
4:22 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.7° / 6.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.34° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.36° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.