The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 17, 1988
Waxing Crescent
34.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
10:41 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.9%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 110.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 18m / -26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.20° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.24° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.60° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.