The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 23, 1988
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
8:33 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Dec 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 346.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 27.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.97° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.76° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.