The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 18, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 PM
2:49 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.31° / 3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.89° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.