The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
12:16 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 837
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 | 104.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -26.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.82° / -3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.15° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.25° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.