The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:29 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 94.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 42m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.47° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / 3.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.28° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.