The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2113
Waning Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2358
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.5° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 0.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.72° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.90° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.