The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 3, 1998
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 360,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 351.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.31° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.59° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.77° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 164.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.