The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 28, 2184
Last Quarter
49.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
2:25 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3236
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 269.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 16.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.54° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.33° / 0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.