The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 PM
1:01 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1072
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 | 114.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.0° / 83.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 03m / -25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.62° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.46° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.