The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2065
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 AM
6:56 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1764
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 54m / 16.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.41° / -1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.92° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.