The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 26, 2029
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
9:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1319
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 303.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 04m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.18° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.58° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.11° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.