The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 29, 1967
Waning Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
4:18 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 552
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 286.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.8° / 270.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 23m / 27.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.82° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.96° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.