The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 AM
4:19 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 815
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.2° / 181.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -26.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.40° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.39° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.