The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2110
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
5:34 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2321
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.50° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.48° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.27° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.