The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2068
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
8:41 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1802
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 129.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 45m / -3.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.89° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 158.92° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.