The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 9, 2028
Waning Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 PM
10:46 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1306
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 10m / 6.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.82° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| 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.