The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2051
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1591
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 272.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.53° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.10° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.