The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
2:05 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 68.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 54m / -24.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.35° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.26° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.