The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1970
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 AM
7:15 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 335.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.9° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 58m / 19.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.53° / 1.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.61° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.11° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.