The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
3:36 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1579
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 | 141.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.97° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.07° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.