The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
67.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
1:10 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 380,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 110.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 79.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.42° / 2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.23° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.