The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2096
Waxing Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
2:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2148
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 | 130.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 64.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 22m / -26.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.27° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.07° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.