The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 14, 1998
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:52 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 226.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -8.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.78° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.02° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.89° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.