The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2074
Waxing Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1876
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,500 km.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.5° / 95.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 34m / -14.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.60° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.11° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.