The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1960
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:56 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 466
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 | 75.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -13.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.61° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.50° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.