The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
2:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -23.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.27° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.40° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.90° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.