The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2097
Waning Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
12:51 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2160
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 284.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.80° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / -0.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.09° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.