The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 1999
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 AM
9:04 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 391,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 42m / 0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.51° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -5.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.67° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.