The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 5, 1998
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
9:27 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 19.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.86° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.49° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.