The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1938
Waxing Crescent
13.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 AM
9:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 194
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 116.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.01° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.80° / 4.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.43° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.