The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 1, 1988
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 814
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Nov 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 19.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.63° / 2.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.07° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.