The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2128
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 AM
9:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 2.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.9° / 115.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.30° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / -3.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.03° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.