The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 1984
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 AM
9:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.4° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.92° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.47° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.