The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
3:02 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1208
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.0° / 47.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -23.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.37° / -2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.07° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.