The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 AM
9:26 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -19.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.13° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.99° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.03° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.