The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2021
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
1:03 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1220
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 252.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.81° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.24° / 2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.09° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.