The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1999
Last Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
12:44 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 952
Events on this date
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 263.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / 0.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.95° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.86° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.