The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1938
Waxing Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
10:22 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 54.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -13.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.31° / -1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.92° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.20° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.