The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2079
Waxing Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
9:22 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 24.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.8° / 119.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.53° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.74° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.91° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.