The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 22, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:50 PM
12:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.61° / -4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.90° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.73° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.