The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1999
Waxing Crescent
19.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 AM
9:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.2%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 1.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 122.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.01° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.56° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.