The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 1988
Waxing Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
9:29 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 54.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.9° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 02m / -27.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.08° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.31° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.22° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.