The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 28, 2181
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3199
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 | 231.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 290.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 10.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.63° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.49° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.27° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.