The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2028
Waxing Gibbous
75.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
1:37 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.8%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1307
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 74.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.78° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.68° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.