The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1930
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
11:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 74.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 103.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 06m / -19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.63° / -2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.51° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.54° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.