The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 1, 1988
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
10:41 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 0.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.85° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.22° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.7° |
| 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.