The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 20, 1998
Waxing Crescent
3.1% 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
8:58 AM
7:02 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -19.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.76° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.99° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.