The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 1957
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
9:58 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 429
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 | 44.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 114.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -9.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.95° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.62° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.