The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:13 PM
1:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.5° / 78.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.80° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.14° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| 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.