The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 41m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.26° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.37° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.09° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.