The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 26, 1999
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 PM
11:06 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 13.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.09° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.64° / -1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.42° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.