The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1935
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:32 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 157
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 131.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -1.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.01° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.60° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.11° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 308.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.