The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 7, 2005
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
9:36 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 117.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -12.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.86° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.32° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.