The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2033
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 AM
9:56 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1369
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.2° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.94° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.63° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.