The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, December 28, 1988
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 PM
11:12 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 287.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 7.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.23° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.43° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.