The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
1:57 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 72.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 59m / -26.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 269.83° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.15° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.