The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1970
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 AM
6:47 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 324.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.4° / 211.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 10m / 23.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.69° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.87° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.