The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 PM
12:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 103.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 91.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -26.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.68° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.66° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.