The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 4, 1929
New Moon
0.5% 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
5:29 AM
8:57 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 4, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.0° / 129.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 23.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.91° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.10° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.34° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.