The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2143
Waning Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 PM
9:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2729
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.7° / 299.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.31° / 2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.27° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.70° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.