The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
5:57 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 171.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -14.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.64° / -3.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / 4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.89° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.