The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1992
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 AM
8:11 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 7.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 138.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.51° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.66° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.15° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.