The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1943
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 AM
7:45 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 155.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 14.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.69° / 0.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.98° / 0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.