The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 29, 1997
Waning Crescent
10.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 AM
6:10 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.0%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 923
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 | 323.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.0° / 210.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 05m / 16.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.84° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.25° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.