The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 PM
4:52 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 156.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 2.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 56m / -12.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.80° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.50° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.