The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 1996
Waning Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
7:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 192.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 311.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 19m / -2.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.45° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.55° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.69° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.