The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 2158
Waxing Crescent
29.0% 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
12:42 PM
10:31 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.0%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2915
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 | 64.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 110.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -20.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 221.39° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.73° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| 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.