The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2085
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2012
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.91° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.68° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.