The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1988
Waning Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
2:26 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.0° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 44m / 28.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.43° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.86° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.