The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1918
Waning Crescent
40.8% 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
12:15 AM
3:34 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -54
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 | 280.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 22.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.27° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.13° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.