The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
3:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 70
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 | 149.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 16.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 33m / -23.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.85° / -4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.04° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.