The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1907
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:23 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -190
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 | 246.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.7° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 41m / 10.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.09° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.02° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.