The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 9, 1999
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
8:02 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 948
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 143.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 03m / 8.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.44° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.86° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 153.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.