The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
74.0% 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
5:23 PM
1:15 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.64° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.08° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.