The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2016
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 AM
5:43 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1158
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 | 315.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.1° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 17.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.96° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.14° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.82° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.