The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 30, 1948
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 AM
5:54 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 317
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 | 306.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.6° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.78° / 4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.62° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.