The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 2005
Waxing Crescent
41.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
11:17 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.2%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 21m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.75° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.78° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.67° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.