The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1993
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
3:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 141.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 36.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -17.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.52° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.47° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.