The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1922
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 375,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -4
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 | 79.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 95.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 31m / -14.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.05° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.54° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.12° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.