The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 23, 1998
Waxing Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 AM
10:04 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.7° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.39° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.35° / 1.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.44° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.