The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1988
Last Quarter
50.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 392,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 280.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.20° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.05° / -0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.