The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2133
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 AM
8:16 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2605
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 143.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.59° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.37° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.