The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 30, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
92.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
4:10 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.5%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 148.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 19.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -15.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.86° / 3.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.96° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.65° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.