The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2077
Waxing Gibbous
78.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
1:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.6%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1913
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 124.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 72.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -26.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.80° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.92° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.86° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.