The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1960
First Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 90.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.46° / 5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.64° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.29° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.