The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 30, 1999
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
1:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 06m / 18.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.22° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.39° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.93° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.