The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:50 PM
4:41 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 154.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -14.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.03° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.26° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.