The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1942
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 PM
11:34 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 243
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 8.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.92° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.47° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.