The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1988
Waning Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
5:43 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 813
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 202.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 8.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.31° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.07° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.