The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 13, 1999
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:24 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.1° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -15.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.19° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 3.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.39° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.