The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 2072
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 PM
7:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 190.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 309.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -5.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.01° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.69° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.