The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1999
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:30 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 200.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.90° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / 4.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.33° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.