The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2025
Waxing Crescent
35.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
10:54 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.1%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1270
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 107.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -21.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.08° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.75° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.