The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2036
Waxing Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
12:47 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1406
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.2° / 83.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 14m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.01° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.29° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.