The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1937
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
3:23 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 181
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 | 278.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 270.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 22.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.69° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.94° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.