The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1913
Waning Crescent
6.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
6:09 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -116
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.2° / 231.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.54° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.41° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.