The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2167
Waxing Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
4:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3026
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -17.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.19° / -0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.03° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.