The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 2005
Waning Gibbous
65.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
1:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.3° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.26° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.88° / -5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.66° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.