The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 2, 1988
Last Quarter
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
2:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 05m / 26.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.35° / 5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.95° / -6.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.04° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.