The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1926
Waning Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 263.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 51m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 59.09° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 5.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.50° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.