The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 15, 1905
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
7:48 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.1° / 321.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 2.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.65° / -3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.55° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.