The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 15, 1999
First Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 86.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 92.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 27m / -7.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.36° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.06° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.