The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2004
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:21 PM
6:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 368,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.4° / 320.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -15.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.87° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.91° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 211.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.