The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2095
Waning Crescent
1.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 AM
8:01 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.6%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.9° / 151.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.94° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / -5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.75° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 126.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.