The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 2181
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
12:19 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3199
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 | 243.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 285.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 14.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.29° / -0.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.46° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.