The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 1994
Waning Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 886
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 | 263.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 46m / 18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.46° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / 1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.91° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.