The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
4:49 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 26.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 10.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.99° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.03° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.