The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1925
Waxing Gibbous
76.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
1:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.9%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 33
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.6° / 68.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.21° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / -2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.84° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.