The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 14, 1988
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 AM
8:58 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.8° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 46m / -15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.94° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.26° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.