The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 5, 1999
Waning Crescent
20.7% 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
2:20 AM
5:16 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.0° / 242.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.67° / -2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.93° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.