The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1912
Waning Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
8:33 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 212.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 311.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 34m / 3.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 9.02° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 0.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.00° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.