The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:12 PM
5:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 350.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.12° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.55° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.