The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 20, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
5:02 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 25.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 54m / 15.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.59° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.17° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.34° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.