The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
9:48 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1183
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 | 215.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 292.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.20° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.31° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.