The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 24, 1999
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:02 PM
7:18 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 950
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 51m / 6.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.89° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 190.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.