The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1988
Waning Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
8:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 306.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.78° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.38° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.10° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.