The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 28, 2172
Waxing Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
12:45 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3088
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 | 113.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 86.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 57m / -28.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.31° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.47° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.