The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 PM
9:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 23m / -23.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.54° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.82° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.