The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
98.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
5:18 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 165.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.4° / 332.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.14° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.57° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.48° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 231.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.