The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 22, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:59 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 11.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 02m / -3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.01° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.75° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.