The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2076
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:47 AM
8:37 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1901
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.1° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 12.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.25° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.59° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 220.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.