The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1931
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 PM
9:13 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 107
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 207.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 300.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 15m / 1.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.96° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.19° / 0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.08° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.