The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 14, 1999
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
10:22 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.8° / 112.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 12m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.65° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.12° / -4.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.16° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.