The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1983
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
11:34 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 236.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.7° / 284.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 8.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.24° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.52° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.