The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 22, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
86.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 PM
3:07 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 43.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 16m / -18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.88° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 3.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.65° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.