The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:28 PM
1:03 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 126.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 80.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -22.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.57° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.66° / 0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.92° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| 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.