The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
3:32 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 142.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 34.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 59m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.18° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.34° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.44° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.