The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1931
Waning Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
7:13 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 185.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -9.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.26° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.