The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1956
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 416
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 | 263.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.5° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 20.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.88° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.91° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.53° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.