The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 19, 2005
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
9:00 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 311.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.33° / 0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.95° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.