The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 1, 1988
Last Quarter
46.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
1:10 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.2%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 266.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 5.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.31° / -0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.12° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.