The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 12, 2025
Waning Gibbous
70.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
1:07 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.0%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 292.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 32m / 24.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.62° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.52° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.88° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.