The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2037
Waning Gibbous
87.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 PM
10:21 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.0%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1418
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 289.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.85° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.80° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.08° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.