The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 21, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% 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
3:59 PM
12:00 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 34m / -27.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.92° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.20° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.