The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1961
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:55 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 228.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 287.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.94° / -4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.72° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.08° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| 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.