The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 4, 1999
Waning Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
4:19 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.9° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.61° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.71° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.