The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1903
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.78° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.45° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.99° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.