The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2003
Waxing Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 AM
9:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 998
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 | 25.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.1° / 117.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.37° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / -4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.68° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.