The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2060
Waxing Crescent
12.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
9:52 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.2%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1703
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 | 40.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -5.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.81° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.89° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.25° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.