The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1902
Waning Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 AM
4:30 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -252
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 313.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.4° / 247.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 18m / 17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.72° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.83° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.93° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.3° |
| 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.