September 6, 2025 Current Southern Hemisphere/Tomorrow’s Northern Hemisphere Moon Phase

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Source: nineplanets.org

The Moon phase for September 6th, 2025 is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This is the phase where the moon is more than 50% illuminated but has not yet reached 100% illumination (which would be a Full Moon).

In the Northern Hemisphere, the right side will be illuminated, and in the Southern hemisphere it’ll be the left side that is illuminated.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Gibbous

Moon age: 13.49 days

Moon illumination: 95.21%

Moon tilt: 103.794°

Moon angle: 0.53

Moon distance: 378,407.39 km

Moon sign: Aquarius

Source: MoonGiant.com

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Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on September 6 has an illumination of 98%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On September 6 the Moon is 13.58 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Phase Details

Phase: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 98%
Moon Age: 13.58 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 378,799.63 km
Sun Angle: 0.53
Sun Distance: 150,751,176.32 km