The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:28 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -20.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.36° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -3.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.15° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.