The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% 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
4:35 PM
1:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 738
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 78.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -22.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.66° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.13° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.84° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.