The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2177
Waxing Crescent
36.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
11:02 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.0%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3150
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 | 73.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 07m / -22.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.42° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.60° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.93° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.