The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 10, 1999
Waxing Crescent
6.7% 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
9:44 AM
7:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.7° / 141.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 18m / -20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.12° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.71° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.93° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.