The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 24, 2028
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:22 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 111.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.08° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.74° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.