The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 11, 1999
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 AM
8:28 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.01° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.74° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.