The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1946
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
9:57 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.15° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.85° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.