The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 2005
Waning Gibbous
75.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
12:38 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.5° / 295.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 45m / 23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.40° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.14° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.48° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.