The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1988
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
10:58 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 307.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 46m / 20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.48° / 4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.33° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.