The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1914
Waxing Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
11:23 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -103
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 | 96.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 105.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 35m / -27.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.11° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.98° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.