The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 28, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
2:31 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 9.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.58° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.66° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.