The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 29, 1994
Last Quarter
46.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:05 AM
2:54 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.4%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.4° / 270.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 20.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.33° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.12° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.