The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2952
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 | 99.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 88.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -21.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.76° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.71° / -1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.89° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.