The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 16, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 PM
12:28 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 81.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.44° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.90° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.