The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1957
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:56 AM
10:38 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.3° / 108.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -13.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.28° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.70° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.39° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.