The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:45 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2717
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.1° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -21.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.31° / 1.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / -1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.48° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.