The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
3:03 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 48.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -17.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.17° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.60° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.