The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2162
Waning Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
10:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2964
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 | 223.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 294.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 9.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.20° / 1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / -1.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.47° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.