The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:22 PM
7:00 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:50 AM, is deepest at 6:37 AM and ends at 8:23 AM. Totality lasts from 5:52 AM to 7:22 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 316.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.99° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.