The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
6:04 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 804
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 19.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 27.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.88° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.51° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.0° |
| 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.