The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
4:04 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 24.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -14.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.05° / -1.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.68° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.42° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.