The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 16, 1988
First Quarter
55.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
12:24 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.5%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.6° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 2.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.14° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / -1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.18° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.