The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2035
Waning Crescent
15.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 AM
5:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.4%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1393
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 229.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 25m / 18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.19° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.13° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.64° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.