The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1988
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
8:22 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.8° / 322.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 8.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.05° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.01° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.