The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2069
Waxing Gibbous
83.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:29 PM
2:55 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.6%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1814
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 | 132.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.31° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.46° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| 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.