The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1999
Waxing Crescent
41.0% 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
2:03 PM
11:56 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.9° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -20.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.32° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.77° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.