The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 6, 1999
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:12 AM
4:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 951
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.1° / 188.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 58m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.77° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.31° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.