The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 28, 2174
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
8:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3113
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.0° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.14° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.32° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.