The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 16, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
2:44 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 82
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.67° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.57° / 5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.95° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.