The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
2:48 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.88° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.06° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.