The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 25, 1998
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.2° / 93.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -4.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.24° / -2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.11° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.