The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 24, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 PM
7:10 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 346.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 25m / 12.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.21° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.98° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.69° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.