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SkyWatch: September 2025
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Dates and times are Universal Time |
Location Information for Rise/Set times
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Enter Longitude and Latitude in degrees (e.g., 39.1003).
Western/Southern Hemisphere = negative
Enter UTOffset in hours (e.g., 9.5)
Examples: Colo Spgs, CO: –105 +39 -7.0; Adelaide, Australia = +138 –34 +9.5)
Sun Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Sep 19 01:42 UT)
RA 11 45 11.2Dec +01 36 14.8
X -1.002237
Y 0.063743
Z 0.027638
R 1.004643
Local time for sunrise/sunset/twilight
Nautical Twilight (NT): Sun 12º below horizon
Astronomical Twilight (AT): Sun 18º below horizon
| Local Date | AT Start | NT Start | CT Start | Sun Rise | Sun Set | CT End | NT End | AT End |
| 2025 Sep 18 | 04:14 | 04:46 | 05:17 | 05:44 | 18:00 | 18:27 | 18:58 | 19:30 |
| 2025 Sep 19 | 04:15 | 04:47 | 05:18 | 05:45 | 17:59 | 18:25 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| 2025 Sep 20 | 04:16 | 04:48 | 05:19 | 05:46 | 17:57 | 18:24 | 18:55 | 19:26 |
Moon Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Sep 19 01:42 UT)
RA 09 49 12.7Selected Positions for September 2025
Dec +15 28 21.8
Phase -0.076 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.942 degrees
Diameter 30.78 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 29WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Sep 18 01:10 08:48 16:15 2025 Sep 19 02:19 09:38 16:44 2025 Sep 20 03:27 10:23 17:09 Phases for 2025
New First Full Last
Dec 01 2024 06:22 Dec 08 2024 15:28 Dec 15 2024 09:03 Dec 22 2024 22:19
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Dec 30 2024 22:28 Jan 06 2025 23:57 Jan 13 2025 22:27 Jan 21 2025 20:31
Jan 29 2025 12:36 Feb 05 2025 08:03 Feb 12 2025 13:54 Feb 20 2025 17:33
Feb 28 2025 00:45 Mar 06 2025 16:32 Mar 14 2025 06:55 Mar 22 2025 11:30
Mar 29 2025 10:58 Apr 05 2025 02:15 Apr 13 2025 00:22 Apr 21 2025 01:36
Apr 27 2025 19:31 May 04 2025 13:53 May 12 2025 16:56 May 20 2025 11:59
May 27 2025 03:02 Jun 03 2025 03:42 Jun 11 2025 07:44 Jun 18 2025 19:20
Jun 25 2025 10:32 Jul 02 2025 19:31 Jul 10 2025 20:37 Jul 18 2025 00:38
Jul 24 2025 19:11 Aug 01 2025 12:42 Aug 09 2025 07:55 Aug 16 2025 05:13
Aug 23 2025 06:07 Aug 31 2025 06:26 Sep 07 2025 18:09 Sep 14 2025 10:34
Sep 21 2025 19:54 Sep 29 2025 23:54 Oct 07 2025 03:48 Oct 13 2025 18:13
Oct 21 2025 12:26 Oct 29 2025 16:22 Nov 05 2025 13:20 Nov 12 2025 05:29
Nov 20 2025 06:48 Nov 28 2025 07:00 Dec 04 2025 23:15 Dec 11 2025 20:52
Dec 20 2025 01:44 Dec 27 2025 19:11 Jan 03 2026 10:04 Jan 10 2026 15:49
Jan 18 2026 19:53 Jan 26 2026 04:48 Feb 01 2026 22:10 Feb 09 2026 12:44Planet Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Sep 19 01:42 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 11 45 11.2 +01 36 14.8
Opposition 23 45 11.2 -01 36 14.8 180E 17:54 23:50 05:56
Mercury 12 04 24.7 +00 49 19.0 5E 06:08 12:10 18:10
Venus 10 05 51.7 +12 40 48.1 27W 03:32 10:12 16:51
Mars 13 41 52.8 -10 30 19.8 31E 08:26 13:48 19:10
Jupiter 07 28 36.2 +21 52 24.9 65W 00:24 07:36 14:47
Saturn 23 57 49.5 -02 58 10.9 177W 18:04 23:54 05:35
Uranus 03 55 46.2 +20 09 25.0 115W 19:58 04:04 11:09
Neptune 00 04 05.4 -01 03 13.8 175W 17:19 00:13 06:06
Pluto 20 17 06.5 -23 35 33.3 125E 15:38 20:14 00:43
Sep 01 2025 Sep 16 2025 Sep 30 2025
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Sun 10 40 25.4 +08 23 28.0 11 34 25.7 +02 45 49.9 13 23 20.5 -08 45 52.8
Opposition 22 40 25.4 -08 23 28.0 180E 23 34 25.7 -02 45 49.9 180E 01 23 20.5 +08 45 52.8 180E
Mercury 09 57 49.2 +14 01 51.6 12W 11 44 56.6 +03 11 56.9 3E 14 40 14.1 -17 30 55.0 21E
Venus 08 38 34.0 +18 35 20.6 31W 09 51 35.1 +13 49 42.0 28W 12 10 45.0 +00 29 26.6 20W
Mars 12 57 43.2 -05 53 37.9 37E 13 34 21.2 -09 45 04.6 32E 14 53 13.1 -16 48 09.6 23E
Jupiter 07 15 55.3 +22 15 24.8 51W 07 26 40.0 +21 56 08.3 63W 07 42 06.7 +21 24 54.6 89W
Saturn 00 02 42.0 -02 24 35.2 159W 23 58 40.4 -02 52 29.0 174W 23 50 29.5 -03 45 08.6 154E
Uranus 03 56 01.0 +20 10 10.3 97W 03 55 53.4 +20 09 46.3 112W 03 53 23.9 +20 02 21.8 142W
Neptune 00 05 50.4 -00 51 29.6 157W 00 04 23.5 -01 01 13.5 172W 00 01 25.0 -01 20 35.5 157E
Pluto 20 18 13.1 -23 31 56.8 143E 20 17 15.4 -23 35 05.6 128E 20 16 29.4 -23 36 58.7 98E