The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2138
Waning Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 AM
5:03 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2667
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 | 295.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.6° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.20° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.56° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.