The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
12:19 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -202
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 | 112.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 87.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 46m / -19.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.67° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.44° / -4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.34° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.