The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2109
Waxing Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
10:20 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2309
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.0° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -5.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.77° / 3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.05° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.63° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.