The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1945
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
12:46 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 250.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 12.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.33° / -4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.30° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.12° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.