The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1934
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 PM
11:28 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 144
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 | 231.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 294.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 15.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.64° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.70° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.