The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1959
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
4:20 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 453
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.6° / 252.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 01m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.22° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.38° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.