The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 1998
Waxing Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
11:47 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 936
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 | 72.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 08m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.08° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.11° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.