The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
9:15 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 307.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 7.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.93° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / -2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.34° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.