The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1951
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 AM
7:25 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 354
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 | 338.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.0° / 171.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 13m / 18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.08° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.78° / -2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.53° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.