The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
3:23 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1245
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 | 145.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.2° / 30.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 17m / -24.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.92° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.59° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.46° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.