The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 19, 1998
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 AM
6:08 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.7° / 162.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.24° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / -4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.18° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.