The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% 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
6:04 PM
2:43 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 973
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 | 133.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 56.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 28m / -23.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.16° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.87° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.