The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 26, 1998
First Quarter
53.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
12:14 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.0%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 82.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / -0.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.07° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.23° / 5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.95° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.