The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 2098
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% 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
12:34 PM
1:06 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2177
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 | 100.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 72.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 15m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.61° / 0.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / -0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.99° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.