The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 20, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
5:17 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Dec 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 35m / 24.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.28° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.62° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.