The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1969
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:24 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 300.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / 3.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.85° / 1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.48° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.