The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2072
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
6:50 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1851
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:12 AM, is deepest at 12:03 PM and ends at 1:53 PM. Totality lasts from 11:30 AM to 12:35 PM. Not visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 180.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 0.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 100.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 320.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -8.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.22° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.08° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.50° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.