The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 24, 2029
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
7:27 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1319
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.3° / 317.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -4.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.59° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.75° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 34.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.