The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2136
Waxing Crescent
5.4% 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
9:10 AM
9:14 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2643
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.8° / 121.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 13m / -1.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.56° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 0.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.48° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.