The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2128
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
10:18 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2544
Events on this date
-
Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 21m / -4.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.47° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.51° / -4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.80° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.