The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1988
Waning Gibbous
92.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.4° / 301.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 5.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.81° / 2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.28° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.