The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2076
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1900
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 | 350.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 145.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 16.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.36° / 4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.17° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.