The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1991
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 PM
11:23 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 230.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 31m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.68° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.12° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.