The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 24, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 PM
6:13 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 337.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.96° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 227.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.