The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
44.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.1%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.1° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
Exact values
For Dec 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 92.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / -4.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.06° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.34° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.