The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 30, 1988
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
1:24 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 294.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 44m / 27.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.24° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.92° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.68° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.