The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 AM
4:36 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 939
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 43m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.67° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.45° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.