The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 15, 1999
Waxing Crescent
31.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
11:07 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.0° / 105.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 02m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.46° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.52° / -3.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.96° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.