The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
74.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 PM
1:25 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.6%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 119.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 79.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -26.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.85° / -3.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.83° / 4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.26° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.