The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1999
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 274.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / 5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.08° / 4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.70° / 0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.