The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
1:02 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 24m / 13.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.05° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.80° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.09° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.