The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2129
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
5:29 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 357,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2556
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.4° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -14.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.50° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.74° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.46° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.