The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1999
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
7:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
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December solstice
The shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.08° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.09° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 186.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.