The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
4:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.1° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.34° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.75° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.