The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1961
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
9:45 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 215.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 292.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 0.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.55° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / 5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.90° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.