The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 28, 2200
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:03 PM
10:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 366,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3434
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 293.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 7.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.47° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.90° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.