The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 23, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
1:46 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.0° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -28.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.27° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / 6.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.80° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.