The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1900
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:12 AM
8:58 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -276
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 | 49.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 125.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 30m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.53° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.07° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.