The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2071
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 AM
10:15 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1839
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 | 44.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.7° / 111.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 17m / -6.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.01° / 1.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / -2.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.23° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.