The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2015
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
6:41 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1146
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -7.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.48° / 2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.23° / -2.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.31° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.