The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 10, 1999
Waxing Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
8:02 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 137.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 01m / -7.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.50° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.00° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.