The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 24, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
5:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 349.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.79° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.32° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.