The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 28, 2175
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
2:47 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 381,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3125
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 | 137.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 51.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -24.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.41° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.64° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.