The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1910
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
5:02 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 261.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.51° / 4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.94° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.51° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.