The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 9, 1999
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
6:44 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 152.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -20.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.29° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.12° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.