The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1919
Waxing Crescent
9.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
9:25 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.6%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -41
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 | 35.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.06° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.23° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.