The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 11, 1998
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:42 AM
1:26 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 2.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.14° / 2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.37° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.