The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2079
Waxing Crescent
10.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 AM
9:44 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.2%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1938
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 | 37.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 115.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 52m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.71° / 0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / -0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.67° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.