The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
7:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1195
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 | 334.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.4° / 181.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.92° / 2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.90° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.74° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.