The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1988
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
10:50 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 225.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 11.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.55° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.54° / -3.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.46° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.