The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 23, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
4:27 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 13.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 13m / -12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.72° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.59° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.48° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.