The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 2, 1988
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
9:11 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 810
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,700 km.
Exact values
For Jul 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 272.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.91° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.60° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.