The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1954
Waxing Crescent
1.7% 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
8:11 AM
8:25 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 392
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 | 14.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / -0.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.11° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.52° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 311.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.