The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1905
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
4:45 AM
6:43 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -215
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 186.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 46m / 12.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.27° / -0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.08° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.