The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:59 PM
2:26 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -165
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 | 145.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 13m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.23° / -3.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.32° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.