The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1924
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 AM
7:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 20
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 339.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.1° / 171.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.92° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / 1.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.17° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.