The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
12:39 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 39m / -25.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.18° / -2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.97° / 3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.88° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.