The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 16, 1998
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
3:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 201.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.60° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.31° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.26° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.