The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2091
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
7:26 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -7.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.94° / -1.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.28° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| 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.