The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1992
Waxing Crescent
3.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:51 AM
8:43 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.9%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 862
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.9° / 128.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.64° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.91° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.