The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 18, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
2:40 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 55.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.15° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.61° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.