The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, December 25, 1988
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
9:57 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 321.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 22.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.70° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / -2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.02° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.