The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1929
Waning Crescent
19.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
5:57 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 307.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.46° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.65° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.80° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.