The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
2:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 125.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -21.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.46° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.03° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.