The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 PM
8:48 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 204.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.4° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -4.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.70° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.12° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.