The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2087
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
8:35 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2037
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 130.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.83° / -4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.34° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.