The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2092
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 AM
5:31 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2098
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.7° / 237.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 10m / 19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.37° / -2.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.83° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.