The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
11:26 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 379,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 300.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 51m / 19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.13° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.06° / -3.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.30° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.