The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 29, 1979
Waxing Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.6° / 95.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.71° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.39° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.69° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.