The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2073
Waning Crescent
23.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 AM
4:57 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.3%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1863
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 246.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.47° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / 5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.00° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.