The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1999
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
7:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 357.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.32° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.72° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.14° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 232.2° |
| 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.