The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 30, 1956
Waning Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
4:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 416
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 | 289.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 21.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.53° / -1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.96° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.