The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, December 27, 1988
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
10:51 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.2° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 12.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.27° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.31° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.29° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.