The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
12:02 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.1° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 07m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.81° / -4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.09° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.75° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.