The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2010
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
11:43 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 234.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.0° / 293.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 16.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.72° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.30° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.90° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.