The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1954
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
8:01 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 392
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.0° / 141.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 4.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.56° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.24° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 346.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.