The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
5:45 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 206
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 343.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -10.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.75° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.01° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.87° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.