The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1988
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
9:40 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 314.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 50m / 15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.94° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.17° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| 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.