The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2170
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
9:42 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3063
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 293.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 0.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.93° / -4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.43° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.09° / 1.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.