The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 2150
First Quarter
46.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.5%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2816
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -18.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.20° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.