The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 23, 2028
Waxing Crescent
15.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
9:48 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.1%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 45.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.51° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.45° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.97° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.