The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
91.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
3:50 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 22.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -19.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.14° / -4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.90° / 5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.72° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.