The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 29, 1971
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 96.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 39m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.92° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.06° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.