The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 7, 2025
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
6:47 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 12:26 PM, is deepest at 2:11 PM and ends at 3:56 PM. Totality lasts from 1:30 PM to 2:53 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 1.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -6.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.10° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.99° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 222.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.