The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 AM
6:00 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 335.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 215.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 48m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.09° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 2.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.84° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.