The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1999
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
2:40 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -0.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.28° / 4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.57° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.