The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 26, 1988
Waning Gibbous
87.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
10:26 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.8%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Dec 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.11° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.41° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.15° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| 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.