The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1900
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:28 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 131.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -9.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.70° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.30° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.