The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 22, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
4:37 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.7° / 21.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 38m / -1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.44° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.04° / -0.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.99° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.