The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
2:30 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 127.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.8° / 58.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 57m / -18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.55° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -5.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.26° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.