The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 1995
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
9:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 899
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 120.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -3.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.84° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.25° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.