The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 13, 1998
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
2:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 13, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 35m / -5.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.95° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.29° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.71° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.