The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 10, 1999
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 AM
8:34 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 4.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.61° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.90° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.