The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1950
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 PM
7:50 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 192.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.7° / 307.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -5.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.41° / -1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.