The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2055
Waxing Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1641
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 | 81.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 94.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 42m / -14.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.48° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.09° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.92° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.