The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 9, 1988
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
5:14 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 168.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.74° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.42° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 315.7° |
| 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.