The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2039
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
1:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1443
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 82.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 50m / -24.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.62° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.66° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.