The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 29, 1998
Waxing Crescent
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 936
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 | 83.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -14.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.04° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.26° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.89° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.2° |
| 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.