The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2101
Waxing Crescent
16.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 AM
9:47 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2210
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 116.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.93° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.20° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.18° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.5° |
| 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.