The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 6, 2025
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:35 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.0° / 339.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -13.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.06° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.26° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.18° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.