The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 17, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
1:36 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.7° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 8.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.23° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.03° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.