The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 14, 1999
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
10:34 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 108.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -11.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.72° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.99° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.