The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 14, 1988
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 AM
11:12 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.4° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -10.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.00° / -0.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.81° / 1.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.50° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.2° |
| 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.