The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:14 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 305.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 59m / 13.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.45° / 1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.61° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.12° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.