The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1942
Waning Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
10:33 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 224.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 4.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.10° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.28° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| 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.