The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1912
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
7:32 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 200.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 318.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.77° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.81° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.