The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 30, 1946
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:44 AM
10:22 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 394,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 293
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 108.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 31m / -5.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.84° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.82° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.62° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.