The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1998
Waxing Crescent
31.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
11:08 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.69° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.27° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.