The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
2:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 66.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.64° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / -1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.78° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.