The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1922
First Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
12:09 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 92.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 89.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.64° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.87° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.91° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.