The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 8, 1999
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 AM
5:59 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.6° / 163.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -20.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.47° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.31° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.