The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2097
Waning Gibbous
57.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 PM
2:04 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.6%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2160
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 | 261.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 21.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.55° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.93° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.29° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.