The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
3:10 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 137.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 45.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.55° / 2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / -2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.84° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.