The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 25, 1999
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 PM
10:24 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 308.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 17.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.91° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.28° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.