The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 2022
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
9:32 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1233
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 | 27.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 117.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.33° / 3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.22° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.88° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.