The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2132
Waning Gibbous
95.9% 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
9:34 PM
8:39 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.9%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2593
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 202.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.9° / 297.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 03m / -5.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.70° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.52° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.