The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
4:58 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.3° / 340.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 28m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.96° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.86° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.