The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2121
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
8:30 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2457
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 | 198.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 310.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 2.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.98° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.29° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.