The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2000
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:45 AM
8:03 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 349.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 15.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.13° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.55° / -3.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.18° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.