The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2104
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
12:08 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2247
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 | 98.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 57m / -23.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.46° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.32° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.86° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.