The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
6:03 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 169.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.2° / 338.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.82° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.