The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2041
Waxing Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 AM
9:19 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1468
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 119.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 4.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.36° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.30° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.