The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 2162
Waning Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:36 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2964
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 | 234.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.3° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.12° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.67° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.