The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:37 AM
9:49 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.9° / 113.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 0.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.12° / -1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / 1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.54° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.