The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1908
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
8:23 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 19.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.9° / 135.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / 6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.11° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.32° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.97° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.