The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 30, 1953
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 PM
2:05 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 260.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 34m / 24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.08° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.88° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.