The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2017
Waxing Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1171
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 | 82.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 93.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.10° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / -6.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.29° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.