The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
5:30 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 164.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -11.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.50° / 3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.87° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.