The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 AM
5:31 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1023
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.5° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 07m / 21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.82° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.25° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.66° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.