The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Waning Gibbous
88.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
10:31 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.8° / 302.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 13.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.53° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.20° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.51° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.