The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2030
Waxing Crescent
0.8% 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
7:43 AM
8:11 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1332
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 137.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 58m / 1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.15° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.55° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 322.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.