The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2071
Waxing Crescent
22.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
10:51 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.9%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1839
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -9.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.49° / 3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.98° / -3.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.00° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.