The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 30, 1941
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
12:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 231
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 | 104.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 81.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 23m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.08° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.89° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.91° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.