The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 24, 1999
Waning Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:34 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 19.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.29° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.15° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.