The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 10, 1988
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 AM
7:37 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.3° / 150.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 55m / 7.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.38° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.82° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.