The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1927
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 AM
9:41 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 26.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / 3.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.98° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.66° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.