The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 3, 1999
Waning Crescent
41.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
3:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 279.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.5° / 265.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 20m / 18.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.47° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.50° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.