The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 17, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
1:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 69.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 1.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.08° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.75° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.