The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
79.1% 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
5:25 PM
2:09 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 738
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 67.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -22.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.46° / 0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.58° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.64° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.