The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, December 30, 1988
Last Quarter
54.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.8%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 816
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Dec 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -3.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.86° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.73° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.