The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1915
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:44 PM
9:54 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 226.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 307.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.60° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.41° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.