The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
89.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:06 PM
3:38 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1344
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 142.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 33.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -16.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.22° / 4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.89° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.88° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| 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.