The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2146
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2766
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 56m / 15.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.17° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.71° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.