The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1987
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 PM
10:25 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 800
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 | 59.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.1° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -15.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.94° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.35° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.