The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
1:59 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 122.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 68.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 39m / -21.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.97° / 1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.04° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.