The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
12:10 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 92.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 24m / -28.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.31° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.72° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.27° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.