The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 23, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
65.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
12:53 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 84.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.29° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.48° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.51° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.