The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 PM
12:37 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -26.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.23° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.01° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.