The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 PM
12:57 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 83.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -25.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.39° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.98° / 3.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.05° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.