The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2063
Waxing Crescent
27.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
10:29 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.8%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1740
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 | 63.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -19.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.89° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.01° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.57° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.