The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:36 PM
2:26 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 129.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.3° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.78° / 1.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -1.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.62° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| 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.