The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 27, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
1:22 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 29m / 4.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.19° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.80° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.