The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1945
Waning Crescent
44.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
3:07 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 280
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 49m / 20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.50° / -2.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.52° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.