The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 8, 1998
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
11:50 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 13.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.85° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.98° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.90° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.