The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1998
Waning Crescent
9.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
3:23 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.7%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 214.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.65° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.07° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.