The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 22, 1998
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
9:00 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 126.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -15.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.32° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.25° / -0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.62° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.