The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 10, 1988
Waxing Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 AM
6:18 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 18.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -27.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.32° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.92° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.23° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.