The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 PM
8:14 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 196.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.9° / 308.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / -1.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.46° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.90° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.