The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2106
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 AM
8:18 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2272
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.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.5° / 136.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.14° / -4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.78° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 317.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.