The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2158
Waxing Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:00 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2915
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 | 53.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.33° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.96° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.