The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 9, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
2:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.3° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.98° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.51° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.