The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1937
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 277.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.57° / 0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / -0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.73° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.