The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 21, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
3:21 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 46m / -8.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.71° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.14° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.