The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
4:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 28.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 16.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.93° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.39° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.