The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1976
Waxing Crescent
13.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
9:57 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 43.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -8.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.06° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.83° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.