The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2108
Waning Gibbous
60.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2296
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 257.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 276.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.22° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.30° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.