The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1941
Waxing Crescent
39.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 77.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 26m / -14.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.75° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.32° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.