The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1971
First Quarter
45.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
11:38 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.6%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 397,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 602
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 44m / -25.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.52° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.27° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.0° |
| 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.