The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 PM
6:16 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 8.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.79° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.24° / 5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.22° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.