The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
2:31 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2284
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 59.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.49° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.27° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.