The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 2011
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 AM
8:09 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1097
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 | 7.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 138.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 1.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.49° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.35° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 326.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.