The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2014
Waxing Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
9:33 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1134
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 | 33.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 118.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 32m / -4.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.10° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.44° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.