The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 19, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 PM
3:50 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 41.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 11.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.67° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.86° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.47° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.