The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 22, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% 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
5:03 PM
12:47 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.2° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 34m / -28.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.37° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.71° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.00° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.