The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2006
Waxing Crescent
19.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
10:07 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.9%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 52.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.04° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.77° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.