The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 3, 1988
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
1:09 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 811
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 37m / 13.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.45° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.63° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| 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.