The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1930
Waxing Crescent
26.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
10:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 61.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 107.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.20° / -1.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.34° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.77° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.