The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2091
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:05 PM
6:26 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:46 PM, is deepest at 8:35 PM and ends at 10:24 PM. Totality lasts from 7:58 PM to 9:12 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.47° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.36° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.90° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.