The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 25, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
2:08 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 69.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -27.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.92° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.11° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.