The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2117
Waxing Crescent
5.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
9:20 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.8%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2408
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.4° / 120.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.02° / 0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.85° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.29° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.