The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2032
Waning Crescent
31.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
4:07 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.8%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1356
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.48° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / 5.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.73° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.