The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
3:41 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.8° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 13.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.19° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.52° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.