The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1919
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
10:28 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -41
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 | 58.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.0° / 109.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -14.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.37° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / 3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 123.77° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.