The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1904
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
8:14 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 208.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.05° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.21° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.