The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 31, 1998
Waxing Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
6:01 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 940
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 160.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 12.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 21m / 18.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 80.68° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.26° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.