The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1962
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
8:11 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 490
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.8° / 142.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 14m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.71° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.79° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.