The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1916
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 AM
6:57 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.6 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -79
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.8° / 167.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 22m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.83° / -3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / 4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.65° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.