The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1908
Waxing Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
9:12 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 41.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.9° / 121.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.27° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.50° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.