The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 1969
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:12 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 577
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 | 196.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 306.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.76° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.60° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.30° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.