The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 2, 1988
Waning Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
1:29 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.1° / 255.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 43m / 0.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.10° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.28° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.