The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 27, 1999
Waning Gibbous
69.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:07 PM
11:42 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.4%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 378,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.81° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.56° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.