The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2008
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:28 AM
7:31 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1059
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 | 345.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.5° / 161.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.75° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.53° / 0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.75° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.