The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
67.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
12:44 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 85.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.35° / -1.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.08° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.