The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 2200
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
11:41 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3434
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 287.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 11.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.64° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.08° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.