The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:14 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -66
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 | 140.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 62.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -19.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.04° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.74° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.