The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 14, 1999
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
11:25 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.61° / -2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.22° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.