The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
3:44 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 143.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.5° / 31.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.06° / 4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.68° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.