The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1950
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
8:55 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 204.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 302.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 00m / 0.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.14° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.67° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.