The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 30, 1950
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
9:58 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 342
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 | 215.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.4° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 6.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.59° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.85° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.