The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 8, 1988
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 AM
6:55 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.9° / 187.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 17.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.77° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.35° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.