The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
6:03 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 8.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 44m / 14.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.16° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.90° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 233.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.