The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2029
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
4:15 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1319
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.6° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.28° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.22° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.81° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.