The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 1, 1988
Waning Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
1:20 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 288.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 22.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.84° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.84° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.