The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2169
Waxing Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3051
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 | 81.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.02° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.77° / -2.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.52° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.