The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, December 29, 1988
Waning Gibbous
64.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
11:32 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.0%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Dec 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.06° / -1.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.58° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.