The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2156
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 PM
5:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 358,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2890
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 161.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.5° / 345.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 25m / -16.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.36° / -1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.08° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.