The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1980
Waning Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
10:54 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 713
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 | 228.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 5.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.29° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.88° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.89° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.