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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 12 16:37 UT)
RA 11 21 52.4Dec +04 06 22.6
X -0.990465
Y 0.163246
Z 0.070772
R 1.006319
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 11 | 04:07 | 04:39 | 05:11 | 05:38 | 18:11 | 18:38 | 19:10 | 19:42 |
| 2025 Sep 12 | 04:08 | 04:40 | 05:12 | 05:39 | 18:10 | 18:37 | 19:08 | 19:41 |
| 2025 Sep 13 | 04:09 | 04:41 | 05:13 | 05:39 | 18:08 | 18:35 | 19:06 | 19:39 |
Moon Information
Currently (Fri, 2025 Sep 12 16:37 UT)
RA 03 33 49.4Selected Positions for September 2025
Dec +24 16 09.7
Phase -0.694 (+ = waxing; - = waning)
Parallax 0.995 degrees
Diameter 32.53 arcminutes
Elong (RA) 117WLocal time for moon rise/transit/set (for UT date)
UT Date Rise Transit Set 2025 Sep 11 18:15 02:01 08:58 2025 Sep 12 18:43 02:54 10:16 2025 Sep 13 19:18 03:51 11:34 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 12 16:37 UT)
Local Rise/Transit/Set times are given at the end of each line
Sun 11 21 52.4 +04 06 22.6
Opposition 23 21 52.4 -04 06 22.6 180E 18:06 23:53 05:50
Mercury 11 21 20.2 +05 57 58.5 2W 05:31 11:51 18:09
Venus 09 34 47.4 +15 05 32.5 29W 03:17 10:06 16:54
Mars 13 25 39.6 -08 51 45.7 33E 08:30 13:58 19:26
Jupiter 07 24 18.7 +22 00 33.9 60W 00:46 07:59 15:11
Saturn 23 59 39.0 -02 45 50.6 170W 20:09 03:29 08:59
Uranus 03 55 59.4 +20 10 04.3 109W 20:26 04:32 11:36
Neptune 00 04 44.5 -00 58 54.0 169W 17:47 00:41 06:34
Pluto 20 17 27.4 -23 34 29.2 131E 16:05 20:42 01:11
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