The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1965
Waxing Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 AM
9:40 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 528
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 | 26.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.9° / 115.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.30° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.28° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.