The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
6:20 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 441
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 | 173.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.5° / 332.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.23° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.10° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.