The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 2005
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
10:36 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 67.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 25m / -22.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.49° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.88° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.