The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:31 PM
4:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 154.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.9° / 1.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.12° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / 6.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.66° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.6° |
| 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.