The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2121
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
7:13 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 40m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.74° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.39° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.12° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.