The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 2, 1999
Last Quarter
53.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 272.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 21m / 16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.27° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.29° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.