The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1911
Waxing Crescent
22.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
9:33 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.6%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -140
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 | 56.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 118.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 55m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.91° / 0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 0.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.07° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.