The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1964
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 515
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.7° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 41m / 16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.93° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.42° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.12° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.