The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2082
Waxing Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
11:08 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1975
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 | 76.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 106.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -23.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.27° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.55° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.