The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 7, 1998
Waning Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 PM
11:09 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 47m / 16.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.67° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.76° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.