The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 4, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
5:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1306
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.9° / 322.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.29° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.15° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.