The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 1, 1999
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
2:12 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 391,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.9° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 3.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.74° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.39° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.