The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 24, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
2:56 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.2° / 45.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.62° / -4.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.62° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.