The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 7, 1999
Waning Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
6:50 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.6° / 190.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.41° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.39° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.