The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2125
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:44 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2506
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.9° / 150.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 05m / 6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.82° / -4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.80° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.