The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 13, 2025
Waning Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
2:22 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.94° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.07° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.