The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 28, 2199
Waxing Crescent
43.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.3%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3422
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 | 82.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.68° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.44° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.49° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.