The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1904
Waning Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
10:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 47m / 7.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.62° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.80° / 4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.59° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.