The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 29, 2019
Waning Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 AM
8:04 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 358,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.9° / 149.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 16.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.96° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.98° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.