The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
5:53 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 158.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 2.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 31m / 5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.32° / 2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / -2.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.84° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.