The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2059
Waning Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
1:08 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1690
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.06° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.48° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.