The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 2174
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 AM
9:02 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3113
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 123.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -1.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.91° / -1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.08° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.