The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2044
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 PM
10:49 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1505
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 | 70.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.55° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.14° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.